​What's New!

This is the first update notification in our brand new 'What's New' section! Follow this blog to get the very latest additions to our Africans Project website.

Black Servants ArticleWhile typically the stories that feature on our website have unintentionally focused on Hull, this week’s release on Black servants has demonstrated that people with African heritage lived in Boynton, Beverley, Elvington and Willerby from the mid-eighteenth century. Although, baptism, marriage and death certificates confirm a small number of Black servants in the region, it is possible that there were many more especially given the number of opportunities for domestic service in East Yorkshire’s large country houses.

New Research Blog PostTomorrow we will be releasing a blog on digital resources which includes data from the 1881 census. Much like the servants story, it demonstrates that not all Black men and women lived in Hull, a small proportion resided in Great Driffield, Beverley and Bridlington.